Keralaspora

Column | How an Australian social worker helped advance women’s education in Travancore

July 15, 2024

Column | How an Australian social worker helped advance women’s education in Travancore

Brentnall’s efforts had the backing of the British colonial authorities as well as the Travancore royals.

July 01, 2024
Column | Seeing Kerala in Sri Lanka

Not enough research has been done on the deep-rooted cultural and historical links between Kerala and Sri Lanka.
June 17, 2024
Column | Why Kerala needs its own Schiphol

Before an expanded Nedumbassery or any other airport in Kerala transforms itself into a showcase of the state’s culture, it needs to tie up with a major Indian airline to use it as an international hub.
June 03, 2024
Column | A Malayali ethnographer's pioneering book on Kerala society

Panikkar’s book helps a 21st century reader understand how much social progress Kerala has made since 1900.
May 20, 2024
Column | Of Malayalam names and transliteration

A 1906 letter from the Secretary to the Government of India to the Chief Secretary of the Government of Madras leaves some clues about the process that went into getting a standard spelling for some names and the shortening of others.
May 06, 2024
Column | Hello, Peshawar! Trivandrum’s tryst with telephone history

Wire reports from 1940 mention India’s longest underground cable being laid in the Travancore High Ranges.
April 22, 2024
Column | When an Irish-American found his fortune in Alappuzha

James Darragh was the key player in revolutionising the Alappuzha coir industry.

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